The article considers the petitions of the provincial nobles of the Pskov province of the second half of the XVIII century, which are the only documents involved in the formation of court cases, in the texts of which there is the wording «to commit to eternal oblivion...». The author presents a social portrait of landowners who apply for the completion of court cases that have remained without a decision. New sources on the socio-economic history of the nobility are being introduced into scientific circulation.
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